I admire [Samuel] Beckett, but I am totally against him. He seeks no improvement.

Therefore, in the nature of this will for freedom, which freedom itself implies, I may pass judgement on those who seek to hide from themselves the complete arbitrariness and the complete freedom of their existence.

Be quiet! Anyone can spit in my face, and call me a criminal and a prostitute. But no one has the right to judge my remorse.

Let it crumble! Let the rocks revile me and flowers wilt at my coming. Your whole universe is not enough to prove me wrong. You are the king of gods, king of stones and stars, king of the waves of the sea. But you are not the king of man.

Don't you feel the same way? When I cannot see myself, even though I touch myself, I wonder if I really exist.

Several hours or several years make no difference once you have lost eternity.

I am responsible for everything... except my very responsibility.